Pat Karney (born 1948) is a

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politician,

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for

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in the City of

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Biography

Karney was born in Dublin and raised in Harpurhey and has been a Labour councillor in the city since 1979. He is an Associate Executive Member with responsibility for the city centre. He was a Social Services manager for

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and was Chairman of the City Centre Committee when the IRA bomb devastated the centre. In 2012 the city centre was said to be "surviving the recession very well" but in 2014 it was said that under his leadership "as the Supremo of Central Manchester, the place has been declining for some time". He has been involved in debate about the

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wall for some years. The wall was finally demolished in 2020, shortly after it had been decorated with the slogan "The North is not a Petri dish", and Karney arranged to preserve a section and invited the artist to decorate it again. He said "It was a big political moment for Manchester and the message symbolises that." In March 2020 he was accused of bullying John Leech, leader of the

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opposition on the City Council, but was cleared.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Karney, Pat 21st-century British politicians Labour Party (UK) councillors Councillors in Manchester Irish emigrants to the United Kingdom Living people 1948 births